Speaking Out: Issues and Controversies ???? - 9780367902698

Taylor & Francis

Speaking Out: Issues and Controversies ????An Advanced Chinese Reader ??????\nAuthor(s): Hsiao-wei Rupprecht, Jianhua Shen, Gang Pan, Yanfei Li, Yu Wen\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367902698, 978-0367902698\nSynopsis\nSpeaking Out: Issues and Controversies ???? is an advanced Chinese language textbook that explores topics such as human nature, moral values, mass consumption, Western influences, and technological innovation. In presenting subjects that reflect major concerns in contemporary China, the book invites students to reflect upon the forces shaping modern Chinese society. \n\nThis textbook presents ten lessons in five units entitled \""Constancy and Change,\"" \""Joy and Sorrow,\"" \""Right and Wrong,\"" \""Chinese Tradition and Western Influence,\"" and \""New and Old.\"" These pairs of opposites conjure up an ever-changing world of ebb and flow, a world that stimulates learners imaginations and arouses their ]